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Bradley Baseball will play its first home game in 688 days when the Braves host SIUE Tuesday night

Bradley Pre-Game Notes

Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications Baseball 3/29/2021 4:56:00 PM

PEORIA, IL – For the first time since May 12, 2019, Bradley Baseball will play a home game when the Braves (5-9) host SIU Edwardsville (11-9) Tuesday night at Dozer Park.

TUESDAY MATCHUP
SIU Edwardsville (11-9) at Bradley (5-9) | Peoria, IL | Dozer Park
Tuesday, March 30 | 6:00 p.m. CT | ESPN+ | Live Stats | Tickets (Student-Athlete Pass Lists Only)

RETURN TO DOZER
• For the first time in 688 days, Bradley Baseball will play a home game when the Braves welcome SIU Edwardsville to Dozer Park for the 2021 home opener Tuesday night.
• Since the Braves last played at Dozer Park - a 7-2 win against Illinois State May 12, 2019 - Bradley Baseball has played 28 games away from home spanning three seasons and eight states.
• SIU Edwardsville is coached by former Bradley Associate Head Coach Sean Lyons, who was part of the Braves staff for seven seasons (2010-16).
• Tuesday's game will be the 36th all-time meeting in the series, which Bradley leads by a 21-14 count since the first meeting April 23, 1972.
• Tuesday's game marks only a brief appearance for the Braves at Dozer Park, as Bradley will return to the road for its first Missouri Valley Conference series of the season Thursday-Saturday at Missouri State.
• The Braves face their lone 5-game week of the season.

SERIES NOTES
Game 36 | Bradley leads 21-14
• Bradley is 21-14 all-time against SIUE, including 12-4 at home and 7-2 at Dozer Park.
• The Braves have won four straight in the series, dating to a 5-1 win April 23, 2014 at Dozer Park.
• The teams did not play for 20 years after Bradley swept a 1989 doubleheader at the old Meinen Field (now Shea Stadium) and the Braves are 9-5 against SIUE since the series resumed in 2009.

QUICK PITCHES
• Bradley Baseball is looking to snap a 6-game losing streak since winning the first two games of the March 12-14 series at Alabama State.
• Freshman LHP Kaden Kreuger (0-0, 5.40 ERA) is scheduled to earn his first career start Tuesday night - he has totaled 1.2 IP in his first two career relief appearances, March 12 at Alabama State (1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R) and March 20 at Mercer (0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R).

OFFENSIVE OUTBURST
• Bradley's offense came to life during its third weekend series at Alabama State.
• Powered by an 18-1 victory in the March 12 series opener, the Braves totaled 37 runs in the 3-game set by following with an 11-7 victory March 13, before coming up short in a 9-8 setback March 14.
• The 37 runs scored against the Hornets represent the most the Braves have scored in three consecutive games against the same opponent since hitting Hawai'i-Hilo for 39 runs in games two (19-10), three (7-6) and four (13-0) of a 6-game series March 18-20, 2007.
• Since suffering its second shutout in the first four games of the season March 4 at New Orleans, Bradley is averaging 8.6 runs per game in its last 10 games, while batting .313 with 19 doubles and 12 home runs contributing to a .467 team slugging percentage.

4-HIT GAMES
• Four different Bradley players have enjoyed 4-hit performances in the season's first 14 games.
• Dan Bolt has produced a pair of 4-hit games, most-recently Sunday at Creighton (4-5) to go along with his 4-for-4 outing March 12 at Alabama State.
March 12 at Alabama State | Dan Bolt | 4-4, HR, 2 BB, HBP
March 12 at Alabama State | TJ Manteufel | 4-6, 2B
March 14 at Alabam State | Ryan Vogel | 4-6, 2B
March 20 at Mercer | Connor O'Brien | 4-5, HR
March 27 at Creighton | Dan Bolt | 4-5
• Dan Bolt's three career 4-hit games are one shy of current NY Yankees OF Mike Tauchman for the most by any Bradley player during the Elvis Dominguez coaching tenure at Bradley (2009-21)

Bradley Baseball Career Four-Hit Games (2009-Active)
4, Mike Tauchman, 2010-13
3, Dan Bolt, 2017-21
3, Luke Shadid, 2019-20
3, Spencer Gaa, 2014-17
3, Paul Solka, 2013-16
3, Rob Elliott, 2009-11

- Active Players -
2, Connor O'Brien, 2019-21
1, TJ Manteufel, 2021
1, Ryan Vogel, 2020-21
1, Brendan Dougherty, 2017-21

UP NEXT
• Following Tuesday's home game versus SIUE, Bradley will return to the road to for a 4-game Missouri Valley Conference series at Missouri State.
• Due to the observance of Easter Sunday, the Missouri State series will be played Thursday (6 p.m. single game), Friday (2 p.m. DH) and Saturday (1 p.m. single game).

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